Aparna Balan

Aparna Balan (born 9 August 1986) is an Indian badminton player from Kozhikode, Kerala.^[1] She was part of the national team that won the silver medal in 2010 Commonwealth Games, also gold medals in 2004, 2006 and 2010 South Asian Games. She is 6 times National Champion in mixed doubles and 3 times National Champion in women's doubles. She represented India in many international badminton tournaments.

Aparna Balan
Personal information
Country	India
Born	(1986-08-09) 9 August 1986 (age 38) Kozhikode, Kerala, India
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Handedness	Right
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	26 (WD 1 July 2010) 41 (XD 20 November 2014)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  India Uber Cup 2014 New Delhi Women's team Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi Mixed team South Asian Games 2004 Islamabad Women's team 2006 Colombo Women's team 2010 Dhaka Women's doubles 2010 Dhaka Women's team 2006 Colombo Women's doubles 2006 Colombo Mixed doubles 2010 Dhaka Mixed doubles Commonwealth Youth Games 2004 Bendigo Mixed team Asian Junior Championships 2002 Kuala Lumpur Girls' team
BWF profile

Career

In 2006, she won the national mixed doubles title partnering with V. Diju.^[2] At the same year, she competed at the 2006 South Asian Games and won two silver medals in the women's and mixed doubles event.^[3] In 2010 South Asian Games, Balan won the women's doubles gold with Shruti Kurien and mixed doubles silver with Sanave Thomas.^[4]

Personal life

On 09 April 2018, she married Sandeep M S.^[5] The couple has a son, Sriyaan Sandeep Maliyekkal.

Achievements

South Asian Games

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2006	Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka	B. R. Meenakshi	Jwala Gutta Shruti Kurien	21–18, 21–23, 12–21	Silver
2010	Wooden-Floor Gymnasium, Dhaka, Bangladesh	Shruti Kurien	P. C. Thulasi Ashwini Ponnappa	21–19, 22–20	Gold

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2006	Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka	Thomas Kurien	V. Diju Jwala Gutta	11–21, 13–21	Silver
2010	Wooden-Floor Gymnasium, Dhaka, Bangladesh	Sanave Thomas	V. Diju Ashwini Ponnappa	11–21, 15–21	Silver

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017.

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2009	Australian Open	Shruti Kurien	Chia Chi Huang Tang He Tian	13–21, 19–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2009	India Grand Prix	Arun Vishnu	Tarun Kona Shruti Kurien	21–14, 17–21, 21–19	Winner

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (7 titles, 13 runners-up)

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Tata Open India International	Jyotshna Polavarapu	Jwala Gutta Shruti Kurien	11–21, 8–21	Runner-up
2008	Bahrain International	Sampada Sahasrabuddhe	Nicole Grether Charmaine Reid	16–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2009	Spanish Open	Shruti Kurien	Line Damkjær Kruse Mie Schjøtt-Kristensen	14–21, 21–17, 15–21	Runner-up
2011	Bahrain International	N. Siki Reddy	Nicole Grether Charmaine Reid	10–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2012	Tata Open India International	N. Siki Reddy	Lee So-hee Shin Seung-chan	21–19, 13–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2013	Bahrain International	Sanyogita Ghorpade	Prajakta Sawant Arathi Sara Sunil	21–18, 18–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2013	Bahrain International Challenge	Sanyogita Ghorpade	Pradnya Gadre N. Siki Reddy	13–21, 21–19, 5–21	Runner-up
2014	Tata Open India International	Prajakta Sawant	Meghana Jakkampudi K. Maneesha	21–13, 10–21, 21–13	Winner
2017	Nepal International	Sruthi K.P	Harika Veludurthi Karishma Wadkar	21–8, 21–9	Winner
2018	Nepal International	Sruthi K.P	Thilini Hendahewa Kavidi Sirimannage	21–16, 21–13	Winner
2018	Bangladesh International	Sruthi K.P	Vivian Hoo Yap Cheng Wen	14–21, 13–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Pakistan International	Valiyaveetil Diju	Diluka Karunaratne Renu Hettiarachchige	21–11, 21–14	Winner
2007	Tata Open India International	Rupesh Kumar	Valiyaveetil Diju Jwala Gutta	14–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2008	Bahrain International	Arun Vishnu	Valiyaveetil Diju Trupti Murgunde	17–21, 21–18, 21–19	Winner
2009	Spanish Open	Arun Vishnu	Robin Middleton Mariana Agathangelou	16–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2010	Tata Open India International	Arun Vishnu	Patipat Chalardchaleam Savitree Amitapai	10–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2011	Maldives International	Arun Vishnu	Toby Ng Grace Gao	21–10, 12–21, 9–21	Runner-up
2013	Bahrain International	Arun Vishnu	Valiyaveetil Diju N. Siki Reddy	21–14, 25–23	Winner
2015	Sri Lanka International	Arun Vishnu	Robin Middleton Leanne Choo	15–21, 21–17, 21–13	Winner
2015	Tata Open India International	Arun Vishnu	Satwiksairaj Rankireddy K. Maneesha	13–21, 16–21	Runner-up

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

Major National Achievements

• National champion in mixed doubles 2006
• National champion in mixed doubles 2007
• National champion in women doubles 2011
• National champion in mixed doubles 2012
• National champion in women doubles 2012
• National champion in mixed doubles 2013
• National champion in mixed doubles 2014
• National champion in mixed doubles 2015
• National champion in mixed doubles 2016
• National champion in women doubles 2017
• National games 2015 mixed doubles gold
• Premier Badminton League 2016 winners